NOSM vs U of T
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3,039Applied4,870
335Interviewed753
92Seats305
4 years, Sudbury and Thunder BayProgram4 years, St. George, Mississauga and Scarborough
3.00GPA minimum3.60
3.79Admitted GPA3.95
Not requiredMCAT125 in each section, one may be 124
NoneSituational testNo CasperAn online situational judgement test from Acuity Insights. You watch or read everyday scenarios and explain what you would do and why, in typed and video answers. Human raters score it.
NonePrerequisites2 life science + 1 social science, humanities or language
How GPA is counted
NOSMAll converted undergraduate grades. A completed graduate degree (conferred, or confirmed by a registrar letter by December 1) adds 0.2 to your undergraduate GPA after the 3.00 check.
U of TAll full-time undergraduate years except the one you are in now. No weighting by year. Part-time courses do not count toward GPA.
Who gets an interview
NOSMGPA and Context ScoreNOSM’s score for your link to the North: years lived in Northern Ontario or a rural community, applying through the Indigenous or Francophone stream, and sustained work serving Northern Ontario. It is half of NOSM’s interview invitation score., weighted equally.
U of TFile review scores. The file includes two short essays, a Autobiographical sketchYour list of activities, jobs, awards and volunteering since age 16, submitted with your application. Each entry names someone who can confirm it. Schools read it to see how you spend your time., references and credit for graduate work; the school does not publish how each part counts. About 750 invited.
The interview
NOSMAn online MMI, multiple mini interviewA circuit of short, timed interview stations. Each station has a different scenario or question and a different interviewer, so no single conversation decides your score. Schools use it to judge communication, ethics and judgement, not science knowledge. and an online panel interview, held on different days.
U of TModified Personal InterviewU of T’s interview: several short, separate interviews, each scored by a different interviewer. In the 2025-26 cycle it ran online as recorded video answers.. In the 2025-26 cycle it ran online as four recorded video answers of up to about five minutes each.
Who gets an offer
NOSMAbout 32% pre-interview score and 68% interview, plus a full file review.
U of TThe interview is the final stage. The weights are kept private.
What stands out
NOSMA Context ScoreNOSM’s score for your link to the North: years lived in Northern Ontario or a rural community, applying through the Indigenous or Francophone stream, and sustained work serving Northern Ontario. It is half of NOSM’s interview invitation score. for northern and rural background is half of the interview invitation.
U of TMCATThe Medical College Admission Test, run by the AAMC. It has four sections: chemistry and physics, critical analysis and reasoning (CARS), biology and biochemistry, and psychology and sociology. Each section is scored from 118 to 132, for a total from 472 to 528. is a pass mark, not a score. Essays are scored separately from everything else.